Would be an UNREAL hire. My guess is "run-game coordinator" or "asst head coach"

I agree. He would be a major step up in terms of OL coaching experience.

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Wouldn't be what you saw this year. Just a title for $$$ purposes.

I'm not completely sure about that. WMU ran the ball a heck of a lot better when Sullivan was their OL coach and run-game coordinator. A good, experienced OL coach could help Cubit.

The problem this year was that neither Beatty nor Gonzales was ready to be a coordinator and between the two of them there was zero experience coaching the line (essential for the run-oriented spread). We didn't have two co-coordinators, we had two NO-coordinator.

With Cubit + Patton we would have an OC and someone experienced to help him with line play and run game.

The only thing I wonder about is why OU would let Patton go after years of very good OL play.

I agree. He would be a major step up in terms of OL coaching experience.

I'm not completely sure about that. WMU ran the ball a heck of a lot better when Sullivan was their OL coach and run-game coordinator. A good, experienced OL coach could help Cubit.

The problem this year was that neither Beatty nor Gonzales was ready to be a coordinator and between the two of them there was zero experience coaching the line (essential for the run-oriented spread). We didn't have two co-coordinators, we had two NO-coordinator.

With Cubit + Patton we would have an OC and someone experienced to help him with line play and run game.

The only thing I wonder about is why OU would let Patton go after years of very good OL play.

I meant more along the lines of dual play callers.

I know Mangino and Stoops are buds but Patton seems awfully good to just let go.

Just change the year down and you will see what he has done each year. He has picked up some major talent at Oklahoma.

We all thought coach Gonzales was going to come in a recruit well, too. He had reeled in multiple 4 and 5 star talent at UF and LSU. It's a whole other world recruiting at schools of that caliber compared to a bottom of the pack B10 school.

RyanK, GHD, or illinidarrin, do any of you know Patton's age? I would not be against the idea of making Patton the Assistant Offensive Coordinator with Cubit making 99.9% of the calls and training Patton, if the other staff members believe he deserves that role.

Maybe he can turn out to be a great recruiter like Mike Locksley was when he helped us get Regis Benn.

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Originally Posted by RyanK

We all thought coach Gonzales was going to come in a recruit well, too. He had reeled in multiple 4 and 5 star talent at UF and LSU. It's a whole other world recruiting at schools of that caliber compared to a bottom of the pack B10 school.

It would be nice to keep a few of the top instate linemen home and maybe with him he can help do that, I know Illinois is harder to sell than Oklahoma but you never know what can happen

It's the one place we can seek to leverage an advantage...in state lineman ought to give the state school a serious look, especially if we become competitive....we don't smell a chance with the pay for play crowd so this seems a great way to go and Beckman did a nice job laying the foundation with local programs

..hope that there is cohesion with the new staff....this kind of turnover is not great and it takes two to tango so I hope all parties went to school a little bit...